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1887 National League Pitching Leaders

Classification: Major League

Overall: 508 games, 8 teams, approx. 127 games in season

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Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	John Clarkson	25	CHN	Maj	CHC	38	21	.644	3.08	4.87	60	59	1	56	2	0	523.0	513	283	179	19	92	237	8	0	25	2183	1.157	8.8	0.3	1.6	4.1	2.58
2	Tim Keefe	30	NY1	Maj	NYG	35	19	.648	3.12	4.83	56	56	1	54	2	0	476.2	428	256	165	11	108	189	11	0	37	1981	1.124	8.1	0.2	2.0	3.6	1.75
3	Pretzels Getzien	23	DTN	Maj	DTN	29	13	.690	3.73	5.33	43	42	1	41	2	0	366.2	373	217	152	24	106	135	2	0	18	1578	1.306	9.2	0.6	2.6	3.3	1.27
4	Dan Casey*	24	PHI	Maj	PHI	28	13	.683	2.86	4.59	45	45	0	43	4	0	390.1	377	199	124	15	115	119	14	0	16	1660	1.260	8.7	0.3	2.7	2.7	1.03
5	Pud Galvin	30	PIT	Maj	PIT	28	21	.571	3.29	5.29	49	48	2	47	3	0	440.2	490	259	161	12	67	76	11	1	7	1897	1.264	10.0	0.2	1.4	1.6	1.13
6	Old Hoss Radbourn	32	BSN	Maj	BSN	24	23	.511	4.55	6.46	50	50	0	48	1	0	425.0	505	305	215	21	133	87	14	0	20	1915	1.501	10.7	0.4	2.8	1.8	0.65
7	Jim Whitney	29	WS8	Maj	WHS	24	21	.533	3.22	5.63	47	47	0	46	2	0	404.2	430	253	145	16	42	146	16	0	14	1718	1.166	9.6	0.4	0.9	3.2	3.48
8	Charlie Ferguson	24	PHI	Maj	PHI	22	10	.688	3.00	4.66	37	33	4	31	2	1	297.1	297	154	99	13	47	125	11	0	5	1227	1.157	9.0	0.4	1.4	3.8	2.66
9	Mickey Welch	27	NY1	Maj	NYG	22	15	.595	3.36	4.97	41	40	1	39	2	0	346.0	339	191	129	7	91	115	5	0	16	1437	1.243	8.8	0.2	2.4	3.0	1.26
10	Charlie Buffinton	26	PHI	Maj	PHI	21	17	.553	3.66	6.07	40	38	1	35	1	0	332.1	352	224	135	16	92	160	4	0	25	1431	1.336	9.5	0.4	2.5	4.3	1.74
11	Kid Madden*	19	BSN	Maj	BSN	21	14	.600	3.79	5.69	37	37	0	36	3	0	321.0	317	203	135	19	122	81	20	0	10	1404	1.368	8.9	0.5	3.4	2.3	0.66
12	Mark Baldwin	23	CHN	Maj	CHC	18	17	.514	3.40	5.87	40	39	2	35	1	1	334.0	329	218	126	22	122	164	17	0	41	1465	1.350	8.9	0.6	3.3	4.4	1.34
13	Ed Morris*	24	PIT	Maj	PIT	14	22	.389	4.31	6.37	38	38	0	37	1	0	317.2	375	225	152	13	71	91	8	0	13	1392	1.404	10.6	0.4	2.0	2.6	1.28
14	Lady Baldwin*	28	DTN	Maj	DTN	13	10	.565	3.84	5.80	24	24	0	24	1	0	211.0	225	136	90	7	61	60	5	0	7	901	1.355	9.6	0.3	2.6	2.6	0.98
15	Henry Boyle	26	IN3	Maj	IND	13	24	.351	3.65	5.60	38	38	0	37	0	0	328.0	356	204	133	11	69	85	12	0	13	1424	1.296	9.8	0.3	1.9	2.3	1.23
16	Jim McCormick	30	PIT	Maj	PIT	13	23	.361	4.30	6.06	36	36	0	36	0	0	322.1	377	217	154	12	84	77	12	0	16	1417	1.430	10.5	0.3	2.3	2.1	0.92
17	George Weidman	26	DTN,NY1	Maj	DTN-NYG	13	8	.619	5.18	6.50	22	22	0	21	0	0	191.0	231	138	110	10	62	60	9	0	7	852	1.534	10.9	0.5	2.9	2.8	0.97
18	Egyptian Healy	20	IN3	Maj	IND	12	29	.293	5.17	7.71	41	41	0	40	3	0	341.0	415	292	196	24	108	75	15	0	39	1535	1.534	11.0	0.6	2.9	2.0	0.69
19	Larry Twitchell	23	DTN	Maj	DTN	11	1	.917	4.33	5.93	15	12	3	11	0	1	112.1	120	74	54	3	36	24	10	0	6	494	1.389	9.6	0.2	2.9	1.9	0.67
20	George Van Haltren*	21	CHN	Maj	CHC	11	7	.611	3.86	6.32	20	18	1	18	1	1	161.0	177	113	69	8	66	76	16	0	9	722	1.509	9.9	0.4	3.7	4.2	1.15
21	Dick Conway	21	BSN	Maj	BSN	9	15	.375	4.66	6.52	26	26	0	25	0	0	222.1	249	161	115	10	86	45	7	0	17	996	1.507	10.1	0.4	3.5	1.8	0.52
22	Pete Conway	20	DTN	Maj	DTN	8	9	.471	2.90	5.86	17	17	0	16	0	0	146.0	132	95	47	3	47	40	5	0	11	613	1.226	8.1	0.2	2.9	2.5	0.85
23	Hank O'Day	27	WS8	Maj	WHS	8	20	.286	4.17	6.96	30	30	0	29	0	0	254.2	255	197	118	15	109	86	9	0	31	1122	1.429	9.0	0.5	3.9	3.0	0.79
24	Frank Gilmore	23	WS8	Maj	WHS	7	20	.259	3.87	6.60	28	27	1	27	1	0	234.2	247	172	101	7	92	114	13	0	14	1047	1.445	9.5	0.3	3.5	4.4	1.24
25	Dupee Shaw*	28	WS8	Maj	WHS	7	13	.350	6.45	8.78	21	20	1	20	0	0	181.1	263	177	130	8	46	47	3	0	3	852	1.704	13.1	0.4	2.3	2.3	1.02
26	Bill Stemmyer	22	BSN	Maj	BSN	6	8	.429	5.20	8.07	15	14	1	14	0	1	119.1	138	107	69	4	41	41	2	0	12	547	1.500	10.4	0.3	3.1	3.1	1.00
27	Lev Shreve	21	IN3	Maj	IND	5	9	.357	4.72	7.38	14	14	0	14	1	0	122.0	141	100	64	5	65	22	4	0	6	576	1.689	10.4	0.4	4.8	1.6	0.34
28	Henry Gruber	23	DTN	Maj	DTN	4	3	.571	2.74	4.19	7	7	0	7	0	0	62.1	63	29	19	3	21	12	0	0	1	261	1.348	9.1	0.4	3.0	1.7	0.57
29	Al Maul	21	PHI	Maj	PHI	4	2	.667	5.54	8.94	7	5	2	4	0	0	50.1	72	50	31	2	15	18	2	0	4	238	1.728	12.9	0.4	2.7	3.2	1.20
30	Ledell Titcomb*	20	NY1	Maj	NYG	4	3	.571	3.88	6.25	9	9	0	9	0	0	72.0	68	50	31	3	37	34	1	1	3	330	1.458	8.5	0.4	4.6	4.3	0.92
31	Bill George*	22	NY1	Maj	NYG	3	9	.250	5.25	9.33	13	13	0	11	0	0	108.0	126	112	63	1	89	49	14	0	22	534	1.991	10.5	0.1	7.4	4.1	0.55
32	Mike Mattimore*	28	NY1	Maj	NYG	3	3	.500	2.35	6.12	7	7	0	6	1	0	57.1	47	39	15	2	28	12	4	0	3	248	1.308	7.4	0.3	4.4	1.9	0.43
33	Hank Morrison	21	IN3	Maj	IND	3	4	.429	7.58	11.53	7	7	0	5	0	0	57.0	79	73	48	2	27	13	1	0	7	285	1.860	12.5	0.3	4.3	2.1	0.48
34	Doc Leitner	21	IN3	Maj	IND	2	6	.250	5.68	9.14	8	8	0	8	0	0	65.0	69	66	41	6	41	27	0	1	12	307	1.692	9.6	0.8	5.7	3.7	0.66
35	Jimmy Ryan*	24	CHN	Maj	CHC	2	1	.667	4.20	7.20	8	3	4	2	0	0	45.0	53	36	21	3	17	14	6	0	3	197	1.556	10.6	0.6	3.4	2.8	0.82
36	Ed Beatin*	20	DTN	Maj	DTN	1	1	.500	4.00	5.50	2	2	0	2	0	0	18.0	13	11	8	2	8	6	1	0	1	73	1.167	6.5	1.0	4.0	3.0	0.75
37	King Kelly	29	BSN	Maj	BSN	1	0	1.000	3.46	11.08	3	0	3	0	0	0	13.0	17	16	5	1	14	0	0	0	5	71	2.385	11.8	0.7	9.7	0.0	0.00
38	John Kirby	22	IN3	Maj	IND	1	6	.143	6.10	9.29	8	8	0	5	0	0	62.0	70	64	42	3	43	7	2	0	4	302	1.823	10.2	0.4	6.2	1.0	0.16
39	Sam Moffet	30	IN3	Maj	IND	1	5	.167	3.78	8.10	6	6	0	6	0	0	50.0	47	45	21	1	23	3	4	0	3	221	1.400	8.5	0.2	4.1	0.5	0.13
40	Harry Pyle*	25	CHN	Maj	CHC	1	3	.250	4.73	9.11	4	4	0	3	0	0	26.2	32	27	14	1	21	5	2	0	4	133	1.988	10.8	0.3	7.1	1.7	0.24
41	Charlie Sprague*	22	CHN	Maj	CHC	1	0	1.000	4.91	6.55	3	3	0	2	0	0	22.0	24	16	12	1	13	9	4	0	1	104	1.682	9.8	0.4	5.3	3.7	0.69
42	Mike Tiernan*	20	NY1	Maj	NYG	1	2	.333	8.69	11.44	5	0	4	0	0	1	19.2	33	25	19	2	7	3	1	0	1	91	2.034	15.1	0.9	3.2	1.4	0.43
43	Bill Bishop	22	PIT	Maj	PIT	0	3	.000	13.33	15.33	3	3	0	3	0	0	27.0	45	46	40	2	22	4	2	0	4	151	2.481	15.0	0.7	7.3	1.3	0.18
44	William Burke	24	DTN	Maj	DTN	0	1	.000	6.00	8.40	2	2	0	1	0	0	15.0	21	14	10	0	5	3	2	0	1	73	1.733	12.6	0.0	3.0	1.8	0.60
45	John Cahill	22	IN3	Maj	IND	0	2	.000	14.32	15.55	6	1	5	1	0	0	22.0	40	38	35	3	19	5	2	0	4	114	2.682	16.4	1.2	7.8	2.0	0.26
46	Larry Corcoran	27	IN3	Maj	IND	0	2	.000	12.60	18.60	2	2	0	1	0	0	15.0	23	31	21	2	19	4	2	0	0	89	2.800	13.8	1.2	11.4	2.4	0.21
47	Ed Daily	24	WS8,PHI	Maj	PHI-WHS	0	5	.000	7.26	10.80	7	6	1	5	0	0	48.1	57	58	39	2	31	10	0	0	5	235	1.821	10.6	0.4	5.8	1.9	0.32
48	Jim Devlin*	21	PHI	Maj	PHI	0	2	.000	6.00	9.50	2	2	0	2	0	0	18.0	20	19	12	0	10	6	3	0	1	88	1.667	10.0	0.0	5.0	3.0	0.60
49	Fred Dunlap	28	DTN	Maj	DTN	0	0		4.50	9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	4	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	2.000	18.0	0.0	0.0	4.5
50	Frederick Fass?	27	IN3	Maj	IND	0	1	.000	10.34	12.64	4	2	1	1	0	1	15.2	25	22	18	1	8	0	2	0	4	82	2.106	14.4	0.6	4.6	0.0	0.00
51	Jocko Fields	22	PIT	Maj	PIT	0	0		0.00	27.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	7	2.000	0.0	0.0	18.0	0.0	0.00
52	Jim Fogarty	23	PHI	Maj	PHI	0	0		9.00	12.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	3	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	16	1.333	9.0	0.0	3.0	0.0	0.00
53	Emil Geiss	22	CHN	Maj	CHC	0	1	.000	8.00	11.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	17	11	8	0	3	4	0	0	0	46	2.222	17.0	0.0	3.0	4.0	1.33
54	Jack Glasscock	29	IN3	Maj	IND	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
55	George Keefe*	20	WS8	Maj	WHS	0	1	.000	9.00	22.50	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	16	20	8	1	4	0	2	0	2	50	2.500	18.0	1.1	4.5	0.0	0.00
56	Jack McGeachey	23	IN3	Maj	IND	0	1	.000	11.37	24.16	1	0	1	0	0	0	6.1	13	17	8	2	4	3	0	0	1	41	2.684	18.5	2.8	5.7	4.3	0.75
57	Bob Pettit	25	CHN	Maj	CHC	0	0		0.00	72.00	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.0	3	8	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	10	5.000	27.0	9.0	18.0	0.0	0.00
58	Danny Richardson	24	NY1	Maj	NYG	0	0				1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1						0.00
59	John Roach*	19	NY1	Maj	NYG	0	1	.000	11.25	19.13	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	18	17	10	0	4	3	1	0	1	48	2.750	20.3	0.0	4.5	3.4	0.75
60	John Sowders*	20	IN3	Maj	IND	0	0		21.00	39.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	11	13	7	0	5	0	0	0	4	27	5.333	33.0	0.0	15.0	0.0	0.00
61	Marty Sullivan	24	CHN	Maj	CHC	0	0		7.71	7.71	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	6	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	13	3.000	23.1	0.0	3.9	3.9	1.00
62	Bill Swarback?	19	NY1	Maj	NYG	0	2	.000	5.06	12.94	2	2	0	2	0	0	16.0	27	23	9	1	6	6	1	0	0	85	2.063	15.2	0.6	3.4	3.4	1.00
63	Ed Williamson	29	CHN	Maj	CHC	0	0		9.00	9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	10	1.500	9.0	0.0	4.5	0.0	0.00